Latest News Updates From Mark Niquette

Government, Logistics

Trump to Release Infrastructure Plan in January, Official Says

President Donald Trump plans to keep pushing his legislative agenda in 2018 by releasing his long-promised infrastructure proposal in early January, a senior administration official said.

December 8, 2017
Government

Trump’s Change of Heart Puts $1 Trillion Building Plan in Limbo

Donald Trump’s infrastructure guru spent part of Sept. 26 at a conference in Washington promoting the president’s $1 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and airports relying in part on public-private partnerships. The same day, across town, Trump was telling lawmakers that those kinds of deals don’t work.

October 2, 2017
Government, Business, Logistics

Trump’s Planned Infrastructure Boom Bumps Up Against Worker Shortage

President Donald Trump’s plan to boost the economy with millions of jobs rebuilding roads, bridges and ports has a snag, the construction industry says: There aren’t nearly enough skilled workers to fill them.

August 30, 2017
Government

Trump Abandons Plan for Council on Infrastructure

President Donald Trump will not move forward with a planned Advisory Council on Infrastructure, a person familiar with the matter said Aug. 17.

August 17, 2017
Government

Trump Repackages Obama Council as `New' in Infrastructure Plan

The “new council” that President Donald Trump announced on June 9 to streamline regulatory reviews for infrastructure projects isn’t actually new.

June 9, 2017
Government

Trump to Outline Infrastructure Plan That Includes Rural Funding

President Donald Trump will outline his vision on June 7 for an infrastructure plan that includes federal grants to rural areas as well as to states and localities to create additional funding for projects, according to a preview of the speech provided by the White House.

June 7, 2017
Government

Trump ‘Self-Help’ Infrastructure Plan Irks State, Local Leaders

Mayors and state lawmakers from both parties are blasting President Donald Trump’s proposed transportation budget and $1 trillion infrastructure initiative, saying his plans would cut federal funding for critical projects and leave them holding the bill.

June 1, 2017
Government

Democrats Rip Trump's Infrastructure Plan as ‘Sleight of Hand’

President Donald Trump’s $1 trillion plan for improving the nation’s infrastructure isn’t enjoying the immediate bipartisan support he may have hoped for.

May 24, 2017
Government, Business

Trump Budget Said to Include $200 Billion for Infrastructure

President Donald Trump will propose spending $200 billion in federal funds over 10 years to spur investment in the nation’s infrastructure, a senior Office of Management and Budget official said.

May 22, 2017
Government

Trump’s Public-Private Infrastructure Vision Rejected in Texas

President Donald Trump’s plan to invest $1 trillion in U.S. infrastructure with the help of public-private partnerships has hit a speed bump in Texas.

May 9, 2017